Fascinating disconnect between people's perceptions of the UK from inside and outside. Inside, the coverage is mostly serious but calm. And yet anyone I know following coverage of the UK from outside is frightened and outraged by what has happened.

Commentators I've appeared on shows with - from hard left to hard right - based outside the UK are aghast at what has happened here.

My uncle in Guatemala - a country which is about as fucked as you can get & currently under curfew - called up my mum in a panic after seeing a TV report about the UK.